# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/dan-wilson
# Generated: 2026-08-13T08:07:53.963Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/dan-wilson"
name: "Dan Wilson"
slug: "dan-wilson"
description: "Daniel Dodd Wilson is an American musician, singer, songwriter, visual artist and record producer who has been called the songwriter's songwriter. His songwriting résumé includes \"Closing Time,\" which he wrote for his band, Semisonic; \"Not Ready to Make Nice,\" co-written with The Chicks; and \"Someone Like You,\" co-written with Adele. Wilson's work earned him a Grammy nomination for \"Closing Time\" and garnered him Grammy wins for Song of the Year and Album of the Year as a producer for Adele's 21 in 2012."
tagline: "American musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Dan_Wilson_2014_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1961-05-20"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           51.02
  momentum:             0.1732851985559567
  historical:           13.35991733333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     90
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/DanWilsonMusic"
    handle:    "DanWilsonMusic"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/danwilsonmusic/"
    handle:    "danwilsonmusic"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/danwilsonmusic"
    handle:    "danwilsonmusic"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0933239/"
    handle:    "nm0933239"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/045EiHd7X7cCjlamF0LV2M"
    handle:    "045EiHd7X7cCjlamF0LV2M"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.danwilsonmusic.com/"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86_(%D8%B9%D8%A7%D8%B2%D9%81_%D8%AC%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%B1)"
    title: "دان ويلسون (عازف جيتار)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Den_Vilson"
    title: "Den Vilson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Wilson_(Rockmusiker)"
    title: "Dan Wilson (Rockmusiker)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Wilson_(musician)"
    title: "Dan Wilson (musician)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%86_%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86_(%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%82%DB%8C%E2%80%8C%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86)"
    title: "دن ویلسون (موسیقی‌دان)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Wilson"
    title: "Dan Wilson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%93%D7%9F_%D7%95%D7%99%D7%9C%D7%A1%D7%95%D7%9F"
    title: "דן וילסון"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Wilson_(musicista)"
    title: "Dan Wilson (musicista)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Wilson"
    title: "Dan Wilson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Wilson"
    title: "Dan Wilson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A3%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BD%2C_%D0%94%D1%8D%D0%BD"
    title: "Уилсон, Дэн"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Wilson_(m%C3%BCzisyen)"
    title: "Dan Wilson (müzisyen)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh_yue.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Wilson_(%E9%9F%B3%E6%A8%82%E4%BA%BA)"
    title: "Dan Wilson (音樂人)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/9f41f18b-23b2-4052-af25-0664dbfc9085"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3013247"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/4500037"
    title: "Dan Wilson"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump